To truly compare or justify that something is superior to something else, you have to have more than one thing to compare. When I start reviewing narrative and descriptive essays, I have to try to understand what separates the two. I chose to compare “Caged Bird,” by Maya Angelou as my descriptive essay and “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words,” by Paul McHenry Roberts as my narrative essay. For me these two essays stand out from each other, not only because of the different styles of the writers, but because of the significant message that was conveyed in both essays. While both of these essays convey a strong message, only one truly grabs my attention, answers all my questions, and helps me imagine every word in the text. In the “Essentials of College Writing” text, it states: “Consider what might interest you as a reader and what kinds of details and information you are looking for when reading a piece of personal writing,” (Connell, C.M., & Sole, K., (2013 ), chapter 6. Section 6.2, paragraph 5). As a writer, I believe you need to capture the reader's attention, answer any questions they have, and really help them imagine what they're reading. Initially, I leaned towards the descriptive essay, “The Caged Bird,” written by Maya Angelou, but upon further consideration and criticism, I found that, “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words,” written by Paul McHenry Roberts won me over. Above. This change of mind came to me as I reread each essay and then it was a clear choice which essay was probably the best style. To be considered a good descriptive essay, according to what I read in “Essentials of College Writing”, a descriptive essay must use specific language, use a specific d...... central part of the article...... or future articles, whether they are narrative essays or not, this is a great approach that I think can improve my academic writing skills. As I stated previously, both of these essays convey a strong message, but only one truly grabs my attention, answers all my questions, and helps me imagine every word in the text. It is clear that the narrative essay is superior to the descriptive essay because of all the details used to prepare the narrative and the impact the narrative essay has on the reader. No one can deny that both are a good choice, but this narrative is actually structured better than the descriptive essay and just gives a feeling of completion that you can kind of anticipate because of the way the narrative started. Once again the narrative essay unquestionably satisfies all the reader's needs while reading.